Apirana Ngata

(redirected from Ngata, Sir Apirana Turupa)

Ngata, Apirana

Born July 3, 1874; died July 14, 1950. New Zealand scholar, public and political figure. By nationality a Maori.

Ngata was a member of the emerging Maori intelligentsia active in the movement to grant the Maori equal rights with the country’s white population and to preserve the Maori culture (the “Maori rebirth”). During the period 1909–12, Ngata was minister without portfolio with responsibility for Maori affairs; from 1928 to 1934 he was minister for Maori affairs. Ngata was also well known as a scholar of Maori culture.

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